Object Details
collected for nmah
Smithsonian Institution
maker
Aladdin
Description (Brief)
This metal lunch box was made by Aladdin Industries in 1974. The lunch box features imagery based on Lee Majors hit TV show, The Six Million Dollar Man, which ran from 1974-1978 on ABC. The front of the box features Lee Major’s character Steve Austin using his bionic abilities to bend steel, leap a car, outrace a horse, and uproot a small tree. The opposite side shows Austin using his bionic strength to dispatch bad guys wielding a small tree.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1974
ID Number
1988.3160.51
catalog number
1988.3160.51
nonaccession number
1988.3160
Object Name
lunch box
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 8 1/4 in x 8 in x 4 in; 20.955 cm x 20.32 cm x 10.16 cm
Related Publication
Allen Woodall and Sean Brickell. Illustrated Encyclopedia of Metal Lunch Boxes
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
general subject association
School Personal Equipment
Subject
Television
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1054221